Black hole discovery: spacetime twisted by a spinning giant black hole
Einstein prediction confirmed as astronomers watch a spinning black hole drag spacetime and power black hole jets
Understand how black holes work, how gravity and spacetime interact, and what this frame dragging black hole means for you
What You'll Learn:
- What frame dragging is and how a spinning black hole can literally twist spacetime around it
- How this new black hole discovery confirms a key Einstein general relativity prediction made over 100 years ago
- What astronomers actually observed during a star’s violent destruction near the black hole
- How black hole jets may be launched and what this tells us about how black holes spin
- The difference between gravity bending spacetime and a spinning black hole dragging spacetime around with it
- How this discovery changes our understanding of how black holes work in galaxies and the wider universe
- A simple way to capture the key ideas from the episode so you remember and use them later
- How to pick one area of your own life or work where this knowledge of gravity and spacetime can inspire a concrete action
